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Some 268 Haitian refugees have remained incarcerated in
prison-like conditions on Guantanamo for approximately one year,
even though all of them have demonstrated at least a "credible
fear of persecution" if forced to return to Haiti.¹ All other
Haitians satisfying this standard have been brought to the United
States² to complete their asylum processing. These 268
individuals have been subjected to prolonged, indefinite
detention on Guantanamo solely because they or members of their
families have tested HIV-positive.
There is a major human tragedy brewing at Guantanamo, where
more than 268 Haitians, some 215 with HIV infection, have been
housed for 12 months. This is the eleventh day of a hunger
strike at that approximately 200 of the Haitians are
participating in to demonstrate their frustration at what they
believe is an inhumane and discriminatory U.S. policy. In
addition to their refusal of food, there are reports of refusal
of medications and evidence of fetal distress among the 15 HIV-
positive pregnant women. If this hunger strike continues for
much longer, deaths will undoubtedly occur.
In addition, there is mounting interest and concern about
this situation among members of both the House and Senate and the
media. Senators Pell and Dodd and Congressman Rangel are
traveling to Guantanamo Bay this week. On Sunday, Jesse Jackson
is expected to arrive. Tomorrow (Wednesday) a press plane is
going down to cover the story. Today there is a press conference
at Harlem Hospital in New York City to highlight the plight of
the infected Haitians.
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of the 268, 115 have established a "well-founded fear"
of persecution, the standard for a final grant of refugee status.
The remainder of the population have been found to have a
"credible fear" of persecution and will be subject to further
asylum processing once brought to the United States.
²In early February 1992, in its Opposition to Granting of
Certiorari in a prior action, the Bush Administration told the
Supreme Court: "Under current practice, any aliens who satisfy
the threshold standard [i.e., a credible fear of persecution
resulting in screened-in status] are to be brought to the United
States so that they can file an application for asylum under
Section 208 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8
U.S.C. 1158 (a). Similarly, the Bush Administration represented
to Congressman Howard Berman that "HIV positives among the
screened-in population will be brought to the United States." "
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